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EPA Region 4 Awards 2006 Environmental Education Grants

(ATLANTA – September 14, 2006) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 has awarded 17 grants totaling approximately $187,200 as a result of the 2006 competition for environmental education grants. Additionally, an environmental education grant congressional earmark was awarded to the Crow’s Neck Environmental Education Center at the Northeast Mississippi Community College in the amount of $128,100.

EPA’s environmental education grants, authorized by the National Environmental Education Act (NEEA) of 1990, are awarded to carry-out environmental education projects. The winners were chosen from 95 proposals submitted by organizations and agencies in the eight southeastern states.

The EPA Environmental Education Grants Program is designed to stimulate the development of environmental education projects at the community level by local schools and environmental organizations, and to facilitate environmental education partnerships between governmental agencies, educational institutions, non-profit organizations and the private sector. These projects are intended to motivate the public to be more environmentally conscious and make responsible and balanced decisions to protect the environment.